Friday, July 17, 2009

Honduras coup and Chiquita

The Chiquita fruit company has operations in Honduras and Counterpunch documents its negative reactions to some of the progressive policies of Zelaya, the ousted president. There's no evidence that Chiquita was behind the coup, but at a minimum, the article provides a good illustration of important actors of the corporate world who were and still are opposed to progressive policies. In Honduras, Zelaya had raised the minimum wage by 60%, and this led Chiquita to complain that it would raise its labor costs.

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